Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
British Airways Club is the frequent-flyer program for British Airways. It uses a reward currency called ‘Avios’. This article looks at what an Avios point is worth.
If you are new to collecting Avios, we suggest you start with the basics with our Beginner’s Guide to Collecting Avios.
You can learn more about British Airways Club on the British Airways website here.
With absolutely zero fanfare – in fact, with no notification of any sort – all British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion vouchers have been extended by six months. My vouchers were .....
With absolutely zero fanfare – in fact, with no notification of any sort – all British Airways .....
23 Mar 202023 March 2020 • 145 comments
The Independent reports today that the Government is about to suspend the rules which guarantee you a swift refund when you cancel a package holiday. The article is here. One intriguing feature of my .....
The Independent reports today that the Government is about to suspend the rules which guarantee you a swift .....
23 Mar 202023 March 2020 • 77 comments
There is increasing speculation that the UK Government may move to take partial control of British Airways, easyJet and Virgin Atlantic this week as part of a bail-out of the aviation sector. It may .....
There is increasing speculation that the UK Government may move to take partial control of British Airways, .....
23 Mar 202023 March 2020 • 152 comments
British Airways issued a notice to the travel trade on Sunday evening to warn that the call centre in Delhi has been closed down by the Indian Government. This is part of a coronavirus clampdown. .....
British Airways issued a notice to the travel trade on Sunday evening to warn that the call centre in Delhi .....
22 Mar 202022 March 2020 • 12 comments
The first European airline bail-out (if you don’t include the nationalisation of Alitalia, which was already doomed!) has been finalised. A 2nd bail-out, for Finnair, is expected to be agreed .....
The first European airline bail-out (if you don’t include the nationalisation of Alitalia, which was .....
21 Mar 202021 March 2020 • 139 comments
There is still a big question mark over how British Airways will operate for the next couple of months. IAG, BA’s parent company, has said that it intends to ground 75% of flights from April but .....
There is still a big question mark over how British Airways will operate for the next couple of months. IAG, .....
20 Mar 202020 March 2020 • 179 comments
British Airways has announced that it is suspending all flights from London City Airport from Monday 23rd March. The suspension is initially set to run until Saturday 4th April although you would .....
British Airways has announced that it is suspending all flights from London City Airport from Monday 23rd .....
20 Mar 202020 March 2020 • 77 comments
Our main article today is about BA’s unwillingness to let you claim an online cash refund for an Avios flight. We have now found a way of triggering a cash refund – as opposed to a voucher .....
Our main article today is about BA’s unwillingness to let you claim an online cash refund for an Avios .....
19 Mar 202019 March 2020 • 1117 comments
Why is British Airways deliberately blocking online cash refunds for Avios BA flight bookings? One topic has dominated my inbox and the HFP comments over the last couple of days – the withdrawal .....
Why is British Airways deliberately blocking online cash refunds for Avios BA flight bookings? One topic has .....
19 Mar 202019 March 2020 • 254 comments
Inverness Airport is not much to look at, although I’ve seen far worse. The entire airport seems about the size of the Business Class Lounge at the Qatar Airways base in Doha. It has, however, .....
Inverness Airport is not much to look at, although I’ve seen far worse. The entire airport seems about .....
18 Mar 202018 March 2020 • 81 comments
Is there a risk of losing your Avios points and Virgin Flying Club points if the airlines go bankrupt? And is it even a realistic possibility? To be honest, this isn’t an article I wanted to .....
Is there a risk of losing your Avios points and Virgin Flying Club points if the airlines go bankrupt? And .....
17 Mar 202017 March 2020 • 336 comments
I just wanted to drop this in quickly for anyone who is flying on Tuesday. According to a post on Flyertalk on Monday evening from someone who is known to be a British Airways employee, the Terminal 5 .....
I just wanted to drop this in quickly for anyone who is flying on Tuesday. According to a post on Flyertalk on .....
16 Mar 202016 March 2020 • 48 comments
IAG, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus amongst other airlines, put out a Stock Market announcement this morning. The group is to cut capacity – in terms of miles flown .....
IAG, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus amongst other airlines, put out a Stock .....
16 Mar 202016 March 2020 • 121 comments
One of our other articles today looks at the new Virgin Atlantic policy for extending your Virgin Flying Club status and vouchers due to coronavirus – read here. We have, unsurprisingly, had a .....
One of our other articles today looks at the new Virgin Atlantic policy for extending your Virgin Flying Club .....
16 Mar 202016 March 2020 • 130 comments
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